Out of curiosity, has anyone ever heard of any?
Before any of you ask, no I am NOT considering having this done, I already have female reproductive organs, was born with them actually, LOL. A friend and I were debating whether or not it was possible for someone, born a male, to be able to carry a child, after extensive surgery, obviously.
If it's hasn't been done as yet, do any of you think that perhaps someday it will be a possibility?
NB: If anyone out there thinks this question or I am disgusting, repulsive, or sinful, please be so kind as to refrain from posting an answer. Thanks.
2006-08-18 13:46:56 · 8 answers · asked by Peter Pan 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
OH MY... I have to really wake up the memory banks for this answer.
YES... has been tried. When I was studying in England, a friend had a small book about one of the earliest sex change surgeries every documented. It was done by a german physician at the Women's Hospital in, I think, Dresden, Germany about 1920.
The original surgery... external not internal... was a series of 3 or 4 surgeries and took about 6 months and the transsexual lived at the Women's Hospital the entire time.
Once she had healed properly, the Doctor... I wish I could remember his name... elected to implant the entire female reproductive tract that he removed from a woman who was suffering from some kind of terminal condition and the surgery took nearly 24 hours.
The previous transsexual lived long enough to heal from the surgery but, if I remember correctly, she died about a year later from another condition.
It's been a long time since I read that book, but it's out there if you can find it. The original was written in German and my Brit. friend had the English translation.
2006-08-26 09:48:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know of any cases of this. The fact that male pelvises are much narrower than female ones would complicate natural birth. There is also the fact that the implanted organs would likely be rejected by the host body. Also even is successfully implanted, they would be weakly attached and could basically rip out of place when the uterus becomes enlarged by the foetus. I suppose a pelvic transplant might be better, but there's also the problem of any surgical procedure involving nerves and the spine.
2016-03-26 21:19:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No this has not happened and probably will not ever happen due to the complexity of female reproduction as well as economic considerations.
Even if it became possible in the future to do this, it would probably never make financial sense.
2006-08-18 15:03:31 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Knowitall 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, i have seen surgery where the penis is surgically turn in to a female organ..... very interesting procedure....
OH.......being able to get pregnant...umm..i dont think so..its way much more complicated than just having the visual organ, but as a cosmetic surgery for gay..yah..its possible...
2006-08-18 13:57:28 · answer #4 · answered by Martita 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it has the government sure is hiding it well, cause I have never heard of this. I wouldn't think that it would be possible, too many things that can not be duplicated scientifically.
2006-08-18 13:52:17 · answer #5 · answered by LittleMermaid 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am quite sure that, even though this form of surgery would be possible, surgeons would deem it too uneccessary and too complicated to even consider it.
2006-08-18 13:51:31 · answer #6 · answered by Kirtap 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think that this is possible. Because if it was, people would have done it already. And it would require many surgeries and would be very, very expensive.
2006-08-24 13:13:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never tried it.
2006-08-26 10:55:30 · answer #8 · answered by thewordofgodisjesus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋